After that one fitnah, every time it calms down in one place, it starts somewhere else.

The weak are dominated by their ego, the wise dominate their ego, and the intelligent are in a constant struggle against their ego.

Practice makes permanent, not perfect. If you practice the wrong thing, you make the wrong act permanent.

Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random.

Religion is here to unite us. It's not here to divide us. If it's dividing us, it's not God's religion, it's something else.

Perhaps, a sin that humbles you is better than a good deed that makes you arrogant.

Intelligent people surround themselves with people who challenge them, not yes people.

Why do we need to justify God's existence? He exists. We need to justify our own existence.

Everyone’s a believer when things are going fine. The real faith is when one becomes patient with tribulations.

Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.

You will find yourself in the Quran, I guarantee you.

We are like travelers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs.

Oh! I know this truth, if I know no other, That passionate Love is Pain's own mother.

By giving away food we get more strength. By bestowing clothing on others we gain more beauty. By donating abodes of purity and truth we acquire great treasures.

Sometimes when I think of life, I feel like a piece of driftwood washed up on shore.

Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you've actually changed their life in some way.

You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.

Anyone who can contemplate quantum mechanics without getting dizzy hasn't understood it.

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.

If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.

I'm driven. I have the opportunity to change people's lives.